Im matt lauer. This latest conflict is now a week old. The president has decided to take a steep step. Hes sending in the secretary of state. Shes on a plane headed to israel in an attempt to push the ceasefire talks along. Well get a live report on all of it in just a moment. Also ahead, more on the Severe Weather front that is pummeling the Pacific Northwest. It turned deadly overnight. Were going to have more on that story as well. Then shes been called a reallife Sleeping Beauty but this is no fairy tale. Its a serious condition. A 17yearold girl who suffers from a rare disorder. It causes her to sleep, sometimes for months on end. Well talk to her and her doctor about that. And we have a very excited crowd out on the plaza. Kesha is here for a live performance, part of an unbelievable thanksgiving week of concerts outside. And well get to that in our 8 30 half hour. But we begin on this Tuesday Morning with the violence in the middle east and the breaking news overnight that secre
Wing and spiraled in, hit the water hard, big splash. Coast guard. Reporter his friend and other boats already in the area rushed over to help. Joined by the coast guard and other local agencies. They quickly spotted debris and oil but that is about it. We have not seen persons in the water and we have one person reported on board the plane. Reporter the faa says the two two pilots know etch other. One plane limped back to an airport 100 miles to the northeast. The other went down in the water and is lost with time running out. Cold water and the dark is going to inhibit us. Reporter the coast guard will stay on the scene throughout the night and considered it a rescue operation even though in reality recovery is more likely. I dont see much of it being left hitting the water that hard. Reporter again, the coast guard is staying out here all night searching. They are using sonar equipment. They only found debrae. Not the main body of the plane or the pilot, dead or alive. We are live,
Ultimately come in, too. You will have peace in the middle east without being stupid and shooting and killing everybody and blood all over the sand. Well go live to the white house for a signing ceremony any moment now but twin environmental disasters in separate parts of the United States today. West coast, fire stretching across california, oregon and Washington State have killed at least 36 people and put thousands out of their homes. In the south mandatory evacuations in three states, as Hurricane Sally slogs towards the coast. The storm is a category 1 expected to make landfall overnight or early wednesday. Its slow, slow approach is giant danger and deadly storm surge. I really think that the entire mississippi gulf coast and the alabama gulf coast has to be on alert because of the lack of predictability of Hurricane Sally. Lets get straight to cnn Severe Weather center and meteorologist jennifer gray. The storm is moving so, so slowly. We could walk faster than the storm is movi
Its one and one, not two plus another one, plus maybe you are carrying a purse or something else. The airlines are increasingly trying to speed up boarding at the gates. They do not want people bringing these big bags on that eventually, after they walk up and down the aisle, they will have to take back to the gate to be checked. They are trying to speed up operations and at the same time, remember, the airlines, they are looking to collect more fees when it comesc to checking bag and to essentially speed up the process overall. Last year, united collected 638 million in checked bag fees and the company said over the next four years, it wants to collect an additional 700 million not just from checked bag fees but fees of all kinds. I have to tell you this. Flying from san diego to new york last week with my producer, she was in the restroom, they called us to board. I said come on, come on, we got to get on, we got to get our bags up in the compartment. Thats the rush that everybody g
Jennifer good morning, everyone. Welcome to currents coverage of the inauguration of president barack obama. Im Jennifer Granholm joined in new york by John Fuglesang, host of viewpoint. Good morning. Jennifer current political analyst Michael Shure is joining us from portland, oregon, of all places. Well also have bill press and David Shuster reporting for us from washington, d. C. Theyre on the ground and also have today current contributor Michael Hastings, the author of panic 2012, the sublime and terrifying story of obamas campaign. Well talk about that a little bit as well. So excited you guys. This is the best of what america has to offer in terms of pomp and circumstance and marking a point in history. Do you not agree . Do you love this . John i couldnt agree more. It is a pleasure to be here as a contributor to this network which has spent so much time covering this campaign but also of history. I love Inauguration Day because it really it is the one day that brings the past